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Notable Female Explorers

• Sacagawea
  Sacagawea
  
  For the Sacagawea $1 coin, see Sacagawea dollar.Sacagawea Reliable historical information about Sacagawea is extremely limited, but she has become an important part of the Lewis and Clark mythology in the American public imagination....
  ; accompanied and assisted Meriwether Lewis
  Meriwether Lewis
  
  Meriwether Lewis was an United States explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark , whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase....
   and William Clark
  William Clark
  
  William Clark was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he would also grow up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what later became the state of Missouri....
   on the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  Lewis and Clark Expedition
  
  The Lewis and Clark Expedition , headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark , was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back....
   (1804–1806), the first American overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back.
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
  
  The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English people aristocrat and writer. Montagu is today chiefly remembered for her letters, particularly her letters from Turkey, which have been described by Billie Melman as ?the very first example of a secular work by a woman about the Muslim Orient?....
   (b. 26 May 1689 – d. 21 August 1762) Explored Turkey.
• Isabella Bird
  Isabella Bird
  
  Isabella Lucy Bird was a nineteenth-century English people traveller, writer, and a natural historian....
   (b. October 15, 1831 – d. October 7, 1904) She was the first woman inducted into the Royal Geographical Society
  Royal Geographical Society
  
  The Royal Geographical Society is a United Kingdom learned society founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical sciences, under the patronage of William IV of the United Kingdom....
  ; she travelled extensively, exploring the Far East, Central Asia, and the American West.
• Mary Kingsley
  Mary Kingsley
  
  Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an England writer and exploration who greatly influenced European ideas about Africa and African people.Kingsley was born in Islington....
   (b. October 13, 1862 – d. June 3, 1900) Explored the Upper Ogawe River in Gabon
  Gabon
  
  Gabon is a country in west central Africa sharing borders with the Gulf of Guinea to the west, Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, and Cameroon to the north, with the Republic of the Congo curving around the east and south....
   and journeyed alone into unknown regions of the Congo jungle.
• Freya Stark
  Freya Stark
  
  Dame Freya Madeleine Stark, Order of the British Empire was a British travel writer....
   (b. 31 Jan1893, Paris
  Paris
  
  Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
   France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
   - d. 9 May1993) She was not only one of the first Western
  Western world
  
  The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
   women
  Woman
  
  File:Duval La Naissance de Venus.jpgA woman is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent....
   to travel through the Arabian deserts (Hadhramaut
  Hadhramaut
  
  Hadhramaut, Hadhramout, or Hadramawt is a historical region of the south Arabian Peninsula along the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, extending eastwards from Yemen to the Dhofar region of Oman....
  ); she often traveled solo into areas where few Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  ans, let alone women, had ever been.
• Robyn Davidson
  Robyn Davidson
  
  Robyn Davidson is an Australian writer best known for her book Tracks, about a 1,700-mile trek across the deserts of west Australia using camels....
   (b. September 6, 1950) She was the first person to make a solo crossing of the Australian Outback by camel; she also explored the remote desert regions of India.
• Valentina Tereshkova
  Valentina Tereshkova
  
  Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova , is a retired Soviet Union astronaut and was the first woman to fly in outer space, aboard Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963....
  , one of the first people in space; first female
  List of female astronauts
  
  The following is a list of women who have travelled into space, sorted by date of first flight....
   cosmonaut.
• Kira Salak
  Kira Salak
  
  Kira Salak is an United States of America writer, adventurer, and journalist known for her travels in Mali and Papua New Guinea. She has written two books of nonfiction and a book of fiction based on her travels and is a contributing editor at National Geographic Magazine....
   (b. September 4, 1971) A National Geographic Emerging Explorer, Salak was the first woman to cross the island of New Guinea; she was also the first person in the world to kayak 600 miles alone to Timbuktu
  Timbuktu
  
  Timbuktu is a city in Tombouctou Region, in the West African nation of Mali. It was made prosperous by Mansa Musa, tenth mansa of the Mali Empire....
  . Salak has done solo exploration to regions such as Borneo
  Borneo
  
  Borneo is the List of islands by area and is located at the centre of Maritime Southeast Asia. Administratively, this island is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei....
  , Libya
  Libya
  
  Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
  , Iran
  Iran
  
  Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
  , Madagascar
  Madagascar
  
  Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar , is an island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa. The main island, also called Madagascar, is the List of islands by area, and is home to 5% of the world's plant and animal species, of which more than 80% are Endemism to Madagascar....
  , and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  
  The Democratic Republic of the Congo , is a country in central Africa with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest list of African countries in order of geographical area....
  .

Notable Male Explorers

• Pytheas
  Pytheas
  
  Pytheas of Massilia , 4th century BC, was a Greece geography and exploration from the Greek colonies colony, Massilia . He made a voyage of exploration to northwestern Europe at about 325 BC....
   (380 – c. 310 BC) - Greek
  Ancient Greece
  
  The term Ancient Greece refers to the period of History of Greece lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca. 1100 BC and the Dorian invasion, to 146 BC and the Roman Republic conquest of Greece after the Battle of Corinth ....
   explorer. First to circumnavigate Great Britain
  Great Britain
  
  Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
   and to explore Germany
  Germany
  
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  . Reached Thule
  Thule
  
  Thule is, in classical literature, a place, usually an island. Ancient European descriptions and maps locate it either in the far north, often Iceland, possibly the Orkney Islands or Shetland Islands or Scandinavia, or in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance Iceland or Greenland....
  , most commonly thought to be the Shetland Islands
  Shetland Islands
  
  Shetland is an archipelago in Scotland, off the northeast coast. The islands lie to the northeast of Orkney, from the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east....
   or Iceland
  Iceland
  
  Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
  .
• Xu Fu
  Xu Fu
  
  Xu Fu , was born in 255 BC in the Qi and served as a court sorcerer in Qin Dynasty when he was alive. During his lifetime, he was sent by Qin Shi Huang to the eastern seas twice to look for the elixir of life....
   (b. 255 BC) - Chinese
  Qin Dynasty
  
  The Qin Dynasty was preceded by the feudal Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China in 221 BCE under the Qin Shi Huang marked the beginning of Imperial China, a period which lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912 CE....
   court sorcerer who led two voyages to the Eastern Seas in 219 BC and 210 BC.
• Brendan
  Brendan
  
  Saint Brendan of Clonfert or Br?anainn of Clonfert called "the Navigator", "the Voyager", or "the Bold" is one of the early Celtic Christianity saints whose legends reflect their history....
   the Navigator (c. 484 – c. 577) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   monk, allegedly found Iceland
  Iceland
  
  Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
   and America
  Americas
  
  The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
   in the 6th century.
• Dicuil
  Dicuil
  
  Dicuil was an Irish monk and geographer, born in the second half of the 8th century; date of death unknown. He may be the same person as Hibernicus exul....
   (born in the 8th century) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   monk and geographer, author of "De mensura Orbis terrae".
• The Papar
  Papar
  
  The Papar were, according to early Icelandic sagas, a group of Hiberno-Scottish mission resident in parts of Iceland at the time of the arrival of the Norsemen....
   - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   monks who lived in Iceland, 8th-9th centuries, before the Vikings.
• Ahmad ibn Fadlan
  Ahmad ibn Fadlan
  
  Ahmad Patronymic#Arabic Fadlan ibn al-Abbas ibn Ra?id ibn Hammad was a 10th century Arab Muslim Arabic literature and traveler who wrote an account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad to the king of the Volga Bulgars, the Kitab ila Malik al-Saqaliba ....
   - 10th century Iraqi
  Iraqi people
  
  The Iraqi people are a people who originated in Iraq. The population was a non-Arabic language speaking people prior to the arrival of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula, but gradually adopted Arabic due to Arabic being the only language of the Quran ....
   explorer.
• Erik the Red
  Erik the Red
  
  Erik the Red founded the first Nordic countries colonization in Greenland. Born in the J?ren district of Rogaland, Norway, as the son of ?orvaldr ?svaldsson , he therefore also appears, patronymically, as Erik Thorvaldsson ....
   (950 - 1003) - Norwegian
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
   Viking
  Viking
  
  A Viking is one of the Norsemen explorers, warriors, merchants, and Piracy who raided and colonized wide areas of Europe from the late eighth to the early eleventh century....
   explorer. After being cast out from Iceland
  Iceland
  
  Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
  , he sailed to Greenland
  Greenland
  
  Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
   and settled there.
• Leif Ericson
  Leif Ericson
  
  Leif Ericson was a Norsemen explorer who was probably the first European to land in North America . According to the Sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which has been tentatively identified with the L'Anse aux Meadows Norse site on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador,...
   (980 - 1020) - Iceland
  Iceland
  
  Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland , is an island country located in the North Atlantic Ocean between mainland Europe and Greenland....
  ic explorer. Believed to have been the first Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  an to land in North America
  North America
  
  North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
  .
• Friar Julian
  Friar Julian
  
  Friar Julian was one of a group of Hungarian Dominican Order friars who, in 1235, left Hungary in order to find those Magyars who — according to the chronicles — remained in the eastern homeland....
   (traveled in 1235) - Hungarian
  Magyar
  
  Magyar may refer to:* The Hungarian people, an ethnic group * The Hungarian language, known also as "Magyar" or "Magyar language"* A Hun Tribe ...
   Dominican
  Dominican Order
  
  The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic in the early 13th century in France....
   friar.
• Marco Polo
  Marco Polo
  
  Marco Polo was a trader and exploration from the Venetian Republic who gained fame for his worldwide travels, recorded in the book Il Milione also known as Oriente Poliano and the Description of the World....
   (1254 - 1324) - Venetian
  Republic of Venice
  
  The Most Serene Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic was a state originating from the city of Venice . It existed for over a millennium, from the late 7th century AD until the year 1797....
   explorer.
• Ibn Battuta
  Ibn Battuta
  
  Ibn Battuta was a Muslim Berber, scholar and traveller who is known for the account of his travels and excursions called the Rihla. His journeys lasted for a period of nearly thirty years and covered almost the entirety of the known Muslim world and beyond, extending from North Africa, West Africa, Southern Europe and Eastern Europe in t...
   (1304 - 1377) - Moroccan explorer.
• Wang Dayuan
  Wang Dayuan
  
  Wang Dayuan was a traveller from Quanzhou, China during the Yuan Dynasty in the 14th century. He made two major trips on ships. During 1328-1333, he sailed along the South China Sea and visited many places in Southeast Asia and reached as far as South Asia, landing in Sri Lanka and India....
   (fl. 1311-1350) Chinese explorer made two major trips on ships. During 1328-1333, he sailed along the South China Sea
  South China Sea
  
  The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
   and visited many places in Southeast Asia
  Southeast Asia
  
  Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia....
   and reached as far as South Asia
  South Asia
  
  South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
  , landing in Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka
  
  Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India....
   and India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  . In 1334-1339 he visited north Africa
  North Africa
  
  North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa.Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Northern Africa includes the following seven countries or territories:...
   and East Africa
  East Africa
  
  East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN subregion, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
  .
• James of Ireland
  James of Ireland
  
  James of Ireland, Ireland friar, fl. 1316-1330.James of Ireland was the companion of Odoric of Pordenone on his travels as far as Sumatra and China....
   (fl.1316 - 1330) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   companion of Odoric of Pordenone
  Odoric of Pordenone
  
  Odoric of Pordenone was one of the chief travellers of the later Middle Ages. His account of his visit to China was an important source for the account of John Mandeville; many of the uncredible reports in Mandeville have proven to be garbled versions of Odoric's eyewitness descriptions....
  .
• Simon FitzSimon
  Simon FitzSimon
  
  Symon Semeonis, also known as Simon FitzSimon, occasionally Simon FitzSimmons, , was a 14th century Franciscan friar, of Hiberno-Norman origin....
   (fl.1323), Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   author of a itenerum through Egypt
  Egypt
  
  Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
   and the Holy Land
  Holy Land
  
  The Holy Land , generally refers to the geographical region of the Levant called Land of Canaan or Land of Israel in the Bible, and constitutes the Promised land....
  .
• Zheng He
  Zheng He
  
  Zheng He , was a Hui people China mariner, exploration, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of "Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean" or "Zheng He to the Western Ocean", from 1405 to 1433....
   (1371 - 1433) - Chinese admiral made seven voyages to Arabia, East Africa
  East Africa
  
  East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN subregion, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
  , India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
  , Indonesia
  Indonesia
  
  The Republic of Indonesia , is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Comprising Islands of Indonesia, it is the world's largest Archipelago state....
   and Thailand
  Thailand
  
  The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
  .
• João Fernandes Lavrador (1445? - 1501) - Portuguese
  Portuguese people
  
  The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
   explorer. First European reaching Labrador/Newfoundland. Fernandes charted the coasts of Southwestern Greenland and of adjacent Northeastern North America around 1498. In 1501, Fernandes set sail again in discovery of lands and was never heard from again.
• John Cabot
  John Cabot
  
  Giovanni Caboto , known in English as John Cabot, was an Italy navigator and exploration commonly credited as the first European to discover North America, in 1497, notwithstanding Norsemen Leif Ericson's landing ....
   (c. 1450 - 1499) - Italian
  Italian people
  
  The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
   explorer for England
  England
  
  native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
  . Discovered Newfoundland and claimed it for the Kingdom of England
  Kingdom of England
  
  The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a state in North-West Europe. The Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and a number of smaller outlying islands?what is today the legal unit of England and Wales....
  .
• Bartolomeu Dias
  Bartolomeu Dias
  
  Bartolomeu Dias , a Nobleman of the Royal Household, was a Portugal List of explorers who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488, the first European known to have done so....
   (c. 1450 - 1500) - Portuguese
  Portuguese people
  
  The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
   explorer. He sailed from Portugal and reached the Cape of Good Hope
  Cape of Good Hope
  
  The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headlands and bays on the Atlantic Ocean coast of South Africa. There is a very common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa and the dividing point between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Oceans, but in fact the southernmost point is Cape Agulhas, about 150 kilometres t...
  .
• Christopher Columbus
  Christopher Columbus
  
  Christopher Columbus was a Republic of Genoa navigator, colonialist and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean?funded by Queen Isabella of Spain?led to general European awareness of the America in the Western Hemisphere....
   (1451 - 1506) - Genoese
  Genoa
  
  Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....
   explorer for Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  . Sailed in 1492 and discovered the "New World" of the Americas.
• Amerigo Vespucci
  Amerigo Vespucci
  
  Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and cartographer. The continents of The Americas are popularly understood to derive their name from the Grammatical gender Latin version of his given name ....
    (c. 1454 - 1512) - Italian
  Italian people
  
  The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
   explorer for Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  . Sailed in 1499 and 1502. He explored the east coast of South America
  South America
  
  South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
  .
• Juan Ponce de León
  Juan Ponce de León
  
  Juan Ponce de Le?n was a Spain conquistador. He became the first Governor of Puerto Rico by appointment of the Monarchy of Spain. He is also notable for his voyage to Florida, the first known European excursion there, as well as for being associated with the legend of the Fountain of Youth, which was said to be in Florida....
   (c. 1460 - 1521) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. He explored Florida
  Florida
  
  Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
   while attempting to locate a Fountain of Youth
  Fountain of Youth
  
  The Fountain of Youth is a legendary spring that reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. Florida is often said to be its location, and stories of the fountain are some of the most persistent associated with the state....
  .
• Piri Reis
  Piri Reis
  
  Piri Reis was an Ottoman Empire admiral, Geography in medieval Islam, pirate and Cartography born between 1465 and 1470 in Gallipoli on the Aegean Sea coast of Turkey....
   (c. 1465/1470 – 1554/1555) - Ottoman
  Ottoman Empire
  
  The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
   explorer.
• Pedro Álvares Cabral
  Pedro Álvares Cabral
  
  Pedro ?lvares Cabral was a Portugal navigator and List of explorers. Cabral is generally regarded as the European discoverer of Brazil .Cabral is thought to have been born in Belmonte , in the Beira Baixa province of Portugal....
   (c. 1467 - c. 1520) - Portuguese
  Portuguese people
  
  The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
   explorer, generally regarded as the Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
  an discoverer of Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  .
• Vasco da Gama
  Vasco da Gama
  
  D. Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was a Portugal in the Age of Discovery, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India....
   (c. 1469 - 1524) - Portuguese
  Portuguese people
  
  The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
   explorer. The first European to sail from Europe
  Europe
  
  Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
   to India
  India
  
  India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
   by rounding the Cape of Good Hope
  Cape of Good Hope
  
  The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headlands and bays on the Atlantic Ocean coast of South Africa. There is a very common misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa and the dividing point between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Oceans, but in fact the southernmost point is Cape Agulhas, about 150 kilometres t...
  .
• Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  
  Vasco N??ez de Balboa was a Spanish people explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World....
   (c. 1475 - 1519) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. The first European to cross the Isthmus of Panama
  Panama
  
  Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
   and view the Pacific ocean from American shores.
• Francisco Pizarro
  Francisco Pizarro
  
  Francisco Pizarro Gonz?lez, 1st Marqu?s de los Atabillos was a Spain conquistador, conqueror of the Incan Empire and founder of Lima, the modern-day capital of Peru....
   (c. 1475 - 1541) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. Conquered the Inca
  Inca
  
  The Inca civilization began as a tribe in the Cuzco area, where the legendary first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac founded the Kingdom of Cuzco around 1200....
   Empire.
• Juan Sebastián Elcano
  Juan Sebastián Elcano
  
  Juan Sebasti?n Elcano , 1486/1487 – Pacific Ocean, August 4, 1526) was a navigator. He completed the first world circumnavigation in history....
   (1476 - 1526) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. Completed the first circumnavigation
  Circumnavigation
  
  To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights....
   of the globe in a single expedition after its captain, Magellan, was killed.
• Ferdinand Magellan
  Ferdinand Magellan
  
  Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese people List of maritime explorers who, while in the service of the Spanish Crown, tried to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia....
   (1480 - 1521) - Portuguese
  Portuguese people
  
  The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
   explorer for Spain. Initiated the first circumnavigation
  Circumnavigation
  
  To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights....
   of the globe in a single expedition. Sailed through Strait of Magellan
  Strait of Magellan
  
  The Strait of Magellan comprises a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland Chile and north of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. The waterway is the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, but it is considered a difficult route to navigate because of the inhospitable climate and the narrowness o...
   and named Pacific Ocean
  Pacific Ocean
  
  The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
  . Died in the Philippines
  Philippines
  
  The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
   after claiming them for Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  .
• Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1485 - 1528) - Italian
  Italian people
  
  The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
   explorer for France
  France
  
  France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
  . Explored the northeast coast of America, from about present day South Carolina
  South Carolina
  
  South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
   to Newfoundland.
• Hernán Cortés
  Hernán Cortés
  
  Hern?n Cort?s de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marqu?s del Valle de Oaxaca was a Spain conquistador who led an expedition that caused the conquest of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the Crown of Castile, in the early 16th century....
   (1485 - 1545) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. Conquered the Aztec
  Aztec
  
  Aztec is a term used to refer to certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl and who achieved political and military dominance over large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the Late post-Classic period in Mesoamerican chronology....
   Empire for Spain
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  .
• Jacques Cartier
  Jacques Cartier
  
  Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who claimed what is now Canada for France. He was the first non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of the Saint Lawrence River, which he Name of Canada", after the Iroquoian languages word the local natives used for the two big St....
   (1491 – 1557) - French
  French people
  
  French people can refer to:* The legal residents and citizens of France, regardless of ancestry. For a legal discussion, see French nationality law....
   explorer. Discovered Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
  .
• Hernando de Soto
  Hernando de Soto (explorer)
  
  Hernando de Soto was a Spanish people Exploration and conquistador who, while leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States, was the first European to discover the Mississippi River....
   (c. 1496 - 1542) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. Explored Florida
  Florida
  
  Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
  , mainly northwest Florida
  Florida
  
  Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
  , and discovered the Mississippi River
  Mississippi River
  
  The Mississippi River is the longest river in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to its mouth in the Gulf of Mexico....
  .
• Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
  Francisco Vásquez de Coronado
  
  Francisco V?zquez de Coronado y Luj?n was a Spain conquistador, who visited New Mexico and other parts of what are now the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542....
   (c. 1510 - 1554) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer. Searched for the Seven Cities of Gold and discovered the Grand Canyon in the process.
• Francisco de Orellana
  Francisco de Orellana
  
  Francisco de Orellana was a Spain explorer and conquistador. He completed the first known navigation through the length of the Amazon River. He named this river and founded Guayaquil....
   (1511-1546) - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer in 1541-42 sails the length of the Amazon River
  Amazon River
  
  The Amazon River of South America is the list of rivers by length in the world by volume, with a total river flow greater than the next top eight largest rivers combined....
  .
• Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
  Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa
  
  Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spain explorer, author, historian, astronomer, scientist, and humanist. His birthplace is not certain and may have been Pontevedra, in Galicia , where his paternal family originated or Alcal? de Henares in Castile, where he later is known to have studied ....
   (1532 - 1592) Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer of the Pacific.
• Sir Francis Drake
  Francis Drake
  
  Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral , was an England sea captain, privateer, navigation, slaver, and politics of the Elizabethan era. Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581....
   (c. 1540 - 1596) - English
  English people
  
  The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
   explorer. The first English captain to sail around the world
  Circumnavigation
  
  To circumnavigate a place, such as an island, a continent, or the Earth, is to travel all the way around it by boat or ship. More recently, the term has also been used to cover aerial round-the-world flights....
   and survive.
• Alvaro de Mendaña de Neyra 1541-1596 - Spanish
  Spanish people
  
  Spanish people or Spaniards are a nation or ethnic group native to Spain, in the Iberian Peninsula of southwestern Europe. They are often considered an amalgam of different ethnic groups, rather than an ethnic group by itself....
   explorer of the Pacific.
• Willem Barentsz 1550-1597 Dutch navigator and explorer, leader of early expeditions to the far north.
• Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
  Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
  
  Pedro Fern?ndez de Quir?s was a Portuguese navigator best known for his involvement with Spanish voyages of discovery in the Pacific Ocean, in particular the 1595-1596 voyage of Alvaro de Menda?a de Neira, and for leading a 1605-1606 expedition which crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis....
   1565-1614 Portuguese navigator. Explored the Pacific in the service of the Spanish Crown.
• Luis Váez de Torres
  Luis Váez de Torres
  
  Luis V?ez de Torres was a 16th-17th century Spain list of maritime explorers exploration serving the Spain Crown, noted for the first recorded navigation of the strait which separates the continent of Australia from the island of New Guinea, and which now bears his name ....
   (c. 1565- ) Spanish or Portuguese navigator. Explored the Pacific in the service of the Spanish Crown.
• Henry Hudson
  Henry Hudson
  
  Henry Hudson was an England sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century. After several voyages on behalf of English merchants to explore a prospective Northeast Passage to China, Hudson explored the region around modern New York City while looking for a western route to the Orient under the auspices of the Dutch East India Company....
   (1570 - 1611) - English
  English people
  
  The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England who speak English language in England. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
   explorer. Explored much of the North Atlantic, including Labrador
  Labrador
  
  Labrador is a region of Atlantic Canada. Together with the island of Newfoundland from which it is separated by the Strait of Belle Isle, it constitutes the province of Newfoundland and Labrador....
  , the coast of Greenland
  Greenland
  
  Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
  , and Hudson Bay
  Hudson Bay
  
  Hudson Bay is a large , relatively shallow body of water in northeastern Canada. It is approximately 850 miles long and 650 miles wide. It drains a very large area that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, and the southeastern area of Nunavut...
  . Presumed dead in a 1611 mutiny of his own crew.
• António de Andrade
  António de Andrade
  
  Father Ant?nio de Andrade , was a Jesuit priest from Portugal. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1596. From 1600 to 1624 he was the chief missionary in the Indies....
   (1580 - 1634) - Portuguese
  Portuguese people
  
  The Portuguese people are the ethnic group or nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of Southern Europe-Western Europe Europe....
   explorer. First European reaching Tibet. His reports were the only account of the Tibet culture and geography until the second half of the 18^th century.
• Abel Tasman
  Abel Tasman
  
  Abel Janszoon Tasman , was a Netherlands sea explorer, exploration, and merchant.Tasman is best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC ....
   (1603 - 1659) - Dutch explorer. Discovered New Zealand
  New Zealand
  
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
   and Tasmania
  Tasmania
  
  Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
  .
• Evliya Çelebi
  Evliya Çelebi
  
  Evliya ?elebi , the son of the imperial goldsmith Dervis Mehmed Zilli was a famous Ottoman Empire traveler who journeyed throughout the territories of the Ottoman Empire and the neighbouring lands over a period of forty years....
   (1611 - 1682) - Ottoman traveller.
• Vitus Bering
  Vitus Bering
  
  Vitus Jonassen Bering was a Denmark-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich....
   (1681 - 1741) - Danish
  Danish people
  
  The term Dane may refer to:* People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity, whether living in Denmark, emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants....
   explorer. Explored the Siberia
  Siberia
  
  Siberia , is the name given to the vast region constituting almost all of North Asia and for the most part currently serving as the massive central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, having served in the same capacity previously for the Soviet Union from its beginning, and the Russian Empire beginning in the 16th century....
  n Far East and Alaska
  Alaska
  
  Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
   and claimed it for Russia
  Russia
  
  Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
  .
• James Cook
  James Cook
  
  Captain James Cook Royal Society Royal Navy was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy....
   (1728 - 1779) - British
  British people
  
  The British are citizenship of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, one of the Channel Islands, or of one of the British overseas territories, and their descendants....
   naval captain. Explored much of the Pacific including New Zealand
  New Zealand
  
  New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
  , Australia
  Australia
  
  Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
   and Hawaii
  Hawaii
  
  File:Pahoehoe and Aa flows at Hawaii.jpgThe State of Hawaii is a U.S. state in the United States, located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia....
  .
• Jean François La Pérouse (1741–1788) was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania
• Alessandro Malaspina
  Alessandro Malaspina
  
  Alessandro Malaspina was an Italian explorers nobleman who spent most of his life as a Spain naval officer and explorer. Under a Spanish royal commission, he undertook a voyage around the world from 1786-1788, then, from 1789-1794, a scientific expedition throughout the Pacific Ocean, exploring and mapping much of the west coast of the Ameri...
   (1754-1810) - Italian
  Italian people
  
  The Italian people are a Southern European ethnic group located primarily in Italy and, by virtue of a wide-ranging Italian diaspora, throughout Western Europe, the Americas and Australia....
   explorer. Explored the Pacific and the west coast of North America
  North America
  
  North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
   in the service of Spanish Crown
  Spain
  
  Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
  
• Alexander MacKenzie
  Alexander Mackenzie
  
  Alexander Mackenzie, Queen's Privy Council for Canada , a building contractor and newspaper editor, was the List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Canada Prime Minister of Canada from November 7, 1873 to October 9, 1878....
   (1764-1820) Scottish-Canadian explorer who in 1789, looking for the Northwest Passage
  Northwest Passage
  
  The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
  , followed the river now named after him to the Arctic Ocean and then in 1793 crossed the Rockies and reached the Pacific in 1793, thus beating Lewis and Clark
  Lewis and Clark Expedition
  
  The Lewis and Clark Expedition , headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark , was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back....
   by 12 years.
• Alexander von Humboldt
  Alexander von Humboldt
  
  was a German people natural scientist and List of explorers, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguistics, Wilhelm von Humboldt ....
   (1769 - 1859) - German
  Germans
  
  The German people are an satanic group, in the sense of sharing a common evil culture, descent from Hades, and speaking the subhuman German language as a whore mother tongue....
   explorer and scientist whose work was foundational to the field of biogeography.
• Mungo Park
  Mungo Park
  
  Mungo Park may refer to:* Mungo Park * Mungo Park * Mungo Park * Mungo Park Medal, an award...
   (1771-1806) Was the first Westerner to discover the Niger River; he was the first Western explorer to reach Timbuktu, though he didn't live to share his discovery with the world.
• Captain Meriwether Lewis
  Meriwether Lewis
  
  Meriwether Lewis was an United States explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark , whose mission was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase....
   (1774 - 1809) - American
  United States
  
  The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
   explorer and field scientist who led the Lewis and Clark Expedition
  Lewis and Clark Expedition
  
  The Lewis and Clark Expedition , headed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark , was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back....
   into the Louisiana Purchase
  Louisiana Purchase
  
  The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of of the French territory Louisiana in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million French franc plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs , a total cost of $15,000,000 for the Louisiana territory....
   and the Pacific Northwest
  Pacific Northwest
  
  The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America . There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory or the Northwest Territories of Canada....
   in 1804-1806.
• Edward Sabine
  Edward Sabine
  
  General Sir Edward Sabine Order of the Bath Royal Society was an Ireland astronomer, scientist, ornithology and Exploration. He was born in Dublin and died at East Sheen in Surrey....
  (October 14, 1788 – May 26, 1883) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   participant in the Ross and Perry Arctic expeditions.
• Thomas Coulter
  Thomas Coulter
  
  Thomas Coulter of Dundalk was an Irish people physician, botanist, and Exploration. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where he founded the college's herbarium....
   (1793 – 1843) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   botanist and explorer of Mexico
  Mexico
  
  The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
   and Arizona
  Arizona
  
  The State of Arizona is a U.S. state located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix, Arizona....
  .
• Charles Wilkes
  Charles Wilkes
  
  Charles Wilkes was an United States naval officer and List of explorers. He is particularly noted for leading the 1838–1842 United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 as well as for his role in the Trent Affair during the American Civil War....
   (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) - American naval officer and explorer who commanded the United States Exploring Expedition
  United States Exploring Expedition
  
  The United States Exploring Expedition was an exploring and surveying expedition of the Pacific Ocean conducted by the United States Navy from 1838?1842....
  
• George Fletcher Moore
  George Fletcher Moore
  
  George Fletcher Moore was a prominent early settler in colony Western Australia, and "one [of] the key figures in early Western Australia's ruling elite" ....
   (10 December 1798 – 30 December 1886) - early Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   explorer of Australia
  Australia
  
  Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
  
• Pierre-Jean De Smet
  Pierre-Jean De Smet
  
  Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, , also known as Pierre DeSmet and Peter DeSmet, a Roman Catholic priest and member of the Society of Jesus, was a Belgian, active in missionary work among the Native Americans in the United States of the Western United States in the mid-1800s....
   (1801 - 1873) - Belgian missionary and explorer in North America.
• David Livingstone
  David Livingstone
  
  Doctor David Livingstone was a Scotland Congregational church pioneer medical missionary with the London Missionary Society and List of explorers in Central Africa Africa....
   (1813 – 1873) - Scottish missionary and explorer in central Africa. He was the first European to see Victoria Falls
  Victoria Falls
  
  The Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya is a waterfall situated in southern Africa on the Zambezi River between the countries of Zambia and Zimbabwe....
  , which he named in honour of Queen Victoria.
• Robert O'Hara Burke
  Robert O'Hara Burke
  
  Robert O'Hara Burke was an Ireland soldier and police officer, who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria...
   (1821 – c.28 June 1861) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   leader of the Burke and Wills expedition
  Burke and Wills expedition
  
  In 1860-61 Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 18 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 2,800 kilometres ....
  .
• Richard Francis Burton
  Richard Francis Burton
  
  Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton Order of St Michael and St George Royal Geographic Society was an English explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, ethnologist, linguistics, poet, hypnotism, fencing and diplomat....
   (1821 – 1890) - English explorer, translator, writer, soldier
  Soldier
  
  A soldier is a general English term that refers to a land component of national armed forces.In most societies of the world, "soldier" is also a general term for any member of the land forces including Commissioned officer and non-commissioned officers....
  , orientalist, ethnologist, linguist
  Linguistics
  
  Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
  , poet, hypnotist, fencer
  Fencing
  
  Fencing is a family of sports and activities that feature armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or slapping Club ing weapons that are directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot, thrown or positioned....
   and diplomat; known for his travels and explorations within Asia and Africa as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures; according to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian, and African languages.
• Henry Morton Stanley
  Henry Morton Stanley
  
  Sir Henry Morton Stanley , Order of the Bath, born John Rowlands , was a Wales journalist and List of explorers famous for his exploration of Africa and his search for David Livingstone....
   (1841 – 1904) - Welsh journalist and explorer in central Africa best remembered for his search for David Livingstone, and upon finding him saying: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
• George Comer
  George Comer
  
  Captain George Comer was considered the most famous American whaling captain of Hudson Bay, and the world's foremost authority on Hudson Bay Inuit in the early 20th century....
   (1858 - 1937) - American polar explorer. The Comer Strait of northern Southampton Island
  Southampton Island
  
  One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay, Canada. It is part of the Kivalliq Region of the Nunavut Territory....
   and the Gallinula comeri
  Gough Island Moorhen
  
  The Gough Island Moorhen, Gallinula comeri, is a medium-sized, almost flightless bird that is similar to the Common Moorhen , but is smaller, stockier, and has shorter wings....
   flightless bird of Gough Island
  Gough Island
  
  Gough Island is a volcanic island rising from the South Atlantic Ocean to heights of over 900 m above sea level with an area of . It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha, which in turn is a dependency of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena....
   were named in his honor.
• Fridtjof Nansen
  Fridtjof Nansen
  
  Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norway explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner....
   (1861 - 1930) - Norwegian
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
   explorer, scientist
  Scientist
  
  A scientist, in the broadest sense, refers to any person that engages in a system activity to acquire knowledge or an individual that engages in such practices and traditions that are linked to schools of thought or philosophy....
   and diplomat. He was the first to cross the Greenland
  Greenland
  
  Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
   ice cap in 1888 and drifted across the Arctic ocean with the Fram
  Fram
  
  Fram is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norway explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912....
   in 1893-1896 where he attempted to reach the North Pole
  North Pole
  
  The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets the Earth's surface....
   with Hjalmar Johansen.
• Otto Sverdrup
  Otto Sverdrup
  
  Otto Neumann Sverdrup was a native of Bindal, Nordland county, Norway, known for his achievements within the areas of Arctic science and exploration....
   (1854 - 1930) - Norwegian
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
   explorer. Joined Fridtjof Nansen
  Fridtjof Nansen
  
  Fridtjof Wedel-Jarlsberg Nansen was a Norway explorer, scientist and diplomat. Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his work as a League of Nations High Commissioner....
   acoss Greenland in 1888 and captain on the Fram
  Fram
  
  Fram is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norway explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912....
   on the polar drift in 1893-1896 and the 2nd Fram
  Fram
  
  Fram is a ship that was used in expeditions of the Arctic and Antarctic regions by the Norway explorers Fridtjof Nansen, Otto Sverdrup, Oscar Wisting, and Roald Amundsen between 1893 and 1912....
   expedition in 1898-1902. Mapped the Northernmost part of Canada
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
   in 1898-1902.
• Roald Amundsen
  Roald Amundsen
  
  Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen , was a Norwegian people Exploration of polar regions. He led the first Antarctica expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912....
   (1872 - 1928) - Norwegian
  Norway
  
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
   explorer. He led the first successful Antarctic expedition between 1910 and 1912. He was also the first ever person to successfully traverse the North West Passage.
• Ernest Shackleton
  Ernest Shackleton
  
  Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton Royal Victorian Order Order of British Empire, was an Anglo-Irish explorer who was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration....
   (1874 - 1922) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   Explorer, noted for his ill-fated Endurance
  Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
  
  The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition , also known as the Endurance Expedition, was the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration....
   expedition to Antarctica
  Antarctica
  
  Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean....
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• Hiram Bingham III
  Hiram Bingham III
  
  Hiram Bingham, formally Hiram Bingham III, was an United States academic, explorer and politician. He rediscovered the Inca settlement of Machu Picchu in 1911....
   (1875 - 1956) - U.S. Senator from Connecticut and explorer best known for uncovering Machu Picchu.
• Robert Bartlett
  Robert Bartlett
  
  Captain Robert Abram Bartlett was a Newfoundland and Labrador navigator and Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
   (1875 - 1946) - Newfoundland captain. Led over 40 expeditions to the Arctic, more than anyone before or since. Was the first to sail north of 88° N latitude.
• Tom Crean (20 July 1877 – 27 July 1938) - Irish
  Irish people
  
  The Irish people are a Western European ethnic group who originate in Ireland, in north western Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolgs, Tuatha D? Danann and the Milesians ?the last group supposedly representing the "pure" Gaelic a...
   Antarctic explorer.
• Knud Rasmussen (1879 - 1933) - Greenlandic
  Greenland
  
  Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago....
   polar explorer and anthropologist. Rasmussen was the first to cross the Northwest Passage
  Northwest Passage
  
  The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
   via dog sled
  Dog sled
  
  A dog sled is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow. Numerous types of sleds are used, depending on their function....
  .
• Auguste Piccard (1884-1962), physicist, balloonist, hydronaut- Explored the stratosphere and the deep sea
• Ahmed Pasha Hassanein
  Ahmed Hassanein
  
  Ahmed Hassanein Pasha or A?mad Mo?ammad Makhluf ?asanen al-Bulaki was an oxford university-educated Egyptian courtier, diplomacy, 1924 Summer Olympics in fencing, photographer, writer, politician, explorer and tutor to the King Farouk....
   (1889 - 1946) - Egyptian
  Egyptians
  
  Egyptians is the name of the nationality and Mediterranean North African ethnic group native to Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to the Geography of Egypt, dominated by the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the Cataracts of the Nile to the Mediterranean Sea and enclosed by desert both to the Easte...
   explorer, diplomat, one of two non-European winners of Gold Medal of Royal Geographical Society
  Royal Geographical Society
  
  The Royal Geographical Society is a United Kingdom learned society founded in 1830 with the name Geographical Society of London for the advancement of geographical sciences, under the patronage of William IV of the United Kingdom....
   in 1924, King's chamberlain, fencing participant to 1924 Olympics, photographer, author and discoverer of Jebel Uweinat
  Jebel Uweinat
  
  Jebel Uweinat is a mountain range in the area of the Egyptian-Libyan-Sudanese border. The town of Al Awaynat lies at the foot of the mountain, on the Libyan side....
  , and writer of "The Lost Oases" book in three languages.
• Colonel Noel Andrew Croft
  Andrew Croft
  
  Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft Distinguished Service Order Order of the British Empire , was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, with operations in Norway and Corsica, as well as Military attach? to Sweden, an explorer, holding the longest self-sustaining journey in the Guinness Book of Records for more tha...
   (1906 - 1998) - held the record for the longest self-sustaining journey across the Arctic in the 1930s for 60 years.
• Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (1919–2008) - New Zealand explorer, together with Tenzing Norgay
  Tenzing Norgay
  
  Tenzing Norgay George Medal , born Namgyal Wangdi, often referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese / Tibetan mountaineering, who later settled in India....
  , the first to climb Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.
• Yuri Gagarin
  Yuri Gagarin
  
  Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin , Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet Union cosmonaut. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human in space and the first to orbit the Earth....
   (March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968) - Soviet
  Soviet Union
  
  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
   cosmonaut who on April 12 1961 became the first man in space
  Outer space
  
  Outer space comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace and terrestrial locations....
   and the first human to orbit Earth
  Earth
  
  Earth is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the World and Wiktionary:Terra.Note that by International Astronomical Union convention, the term "Terra" is used for naming extensive land masses, rather...
  .
• Neil Armstrong
  Neil Armstrong
  
  Neil Alden Armstrong is a former American astronaut, test pilot, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He is List of Apollo astronauts#People who have walked on the Moon Moon....
   (born August 5, 1930) - American astronaut
  Astronaut
  
  An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a List of human spaceflight programs to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
   - First human
  Human
  
  A human being, also human or man, is a member of a species of bipedalism primates in the family Hominidae . Mitochondrial DNA evidence indicates that modern humans originated in east Africa about 200,000 years ago....
   being to set foot on the Moon
  Moon
  
  The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the List of natural satellites by diameter satellite in the Solar System. The average centre-to-centre distance from the Earth to the Moon is km, about thirty times the diameter of the Earth....
   on July 20, 1969.
• Robert Ballard
  Robert Ballard
  
  Robert Duane Ballard is a former Commander in the United States Navy and an oceanography who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology....
   - born in 1942) - undersea explorer; discovered the shipwreck of the RMS Titanic
  RMS Titanic
  
  The Royal Mail Ship Titanic was an Olympic class ocean liner superliner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
  .
• Dr. E. Lee Spence (1947- ) - undersea explorer and pioneer underwater archaeologist: discovered numerous shipwrecks including H.L. Hunley the first submarine in history to sink an enemy ship; and the Georgiana
  Georgiana
  
  Georgiana is an English name. It is the feminine form of the male name George and a variation of the female names Georgina and Georgia . It comes from the Greek language word Ge??????, meaning farmer....
  , said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser.
• Reinhold Messner
  Reinhold Messner
  
  Reinhold Messner is an Italy mountaineer and explorer from South Tyrol, often cited as the greatest mountain climbing of all time. He is renowned for making the first solo ascents of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen and for being the first climber to ascend all fourteen "eight-thousanders" ....
   (born September 17, 1944) - Italian mountaineer, first man to climb all the 14 peaks higher than 8,000 meters.
• Frank Cole
  Frank Cole
  
  Frank Cole was an award winning Canadian documentary filmmaker and avid surfer who became the first North American to cross the Sahara alone on camel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea....
   (1954 - 2000) - Canadian
  Canada
  
  Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
   explorer, filmmaker and life extensionist. He was the first North American to cross the Sahara
  Sahara
  
  The Sahara is the world's largest hot desert. At over 9,000,000 square kilometers , it covers most of Northern Africa, making it almost as large as the United States or the continent of Europe....
   desert in 1990 alone on camel. He was murdered by bandits during a second crossing in 2000.
• Jeremy Curl
  Jeremy Curl
  
  Jeremy Robert Patrick Curl is an Anglo-Irish filmmaker, writer, photographer and explorer. In 2008 he became the first non-African to cross the Tanezrouft area of the Sahara without motorized transport and the youngest to traverse the Sahara by camel....
   (born 1982) - British explorer; the youngest to traverse the Sahara on foot and the first non African to cross the desolate Tanezrouft area of the Sahara by camel.
• Michael Asher
  Michael Asher
  
  Michael Asher is a conceptual artist, described by The New York Times as "among the patron saints of the Conceptual Art phylum known as Institutional Critique, an often esoteric dissection of the assumptions that govern how we perceive art." Rather than designing new art objects, Asher typically alters the existing environment, by reposi...
   (1953-) - British
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   explorer. In 1986-7 Michael Asher and his wife, Italian-born photographer and Arabist, Mariantonietta Peru, made the first ever west-east crossing of the Sahara desert by camel and on foot.
• Ranulph Fiennes
  Ranulph Fiennes
  
  Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 3rd Baronet Order of the British Empire , usually known as Ranulph Fiennes, is a United Kingdom List of explorers and holder of several endurance records....
   (1944-) British
  United Kingdom
  
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
   explorer. First journey around the world on its polar axis using surface transport only, covered 52,000 miles and visited both poles by land. First unsupported crossing of Antarctica
  Antarctica
  
  Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctica of the southern hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean....
  .

See also

• Exploration of Asia
• European exploration of Africa
  European exploration of Africa
  
  European exploration of Africa began with Ancient Greeks and Ancient Rome, that explored and settled in North Africa. Fifteenth Century Portugal, especially under Henry the Navigator probed along the West African coast....
  
• Expedition
  Expedition
  
  Expedition may refer to:* A journey undertaken for a specific purpose, usually exploration and/or research*Military expedition* Expedition , the science-fiction book by Wayne Douglas Barlowe....
  s
• List of explorers
  List of explorers
  
  This list of explorers is sorted by surname. See also the links #See also.A B C D E F G ...
  
• List of maritime explorers
  List of maritime explorers
  
  Introduction This is a list of notable maritime explorers throughout the history of Humanity....
  
• BSES (British Schools Exploring Society) Expeditions
  BSES Expeditions
  
  BSES Expeditions is a youth development Charitable organization based in the United Kingdom. It operates expeditions for young people, to wilderness Natural environment....
  
• Age of Exploration
• Cave exploration
• Confluence exploration/hunting
  Degree Confluence Project
  
  The Degree Confluence Project is a World Wide Web-based all-volunteer project which aims to have people visit each of the integer Degree intersections of latitude and longitude on Earth, posting photographs and a narrative of each visit online....
  
• Desert exploration
  Desert exploration
  
  Desert exploration is the deliberate and scientific exploration of deserts, the arid regions of the earth. It is only incidentally concerned with the culture and livelihood of native desert dwellers....
  
• Global Vision International
  Global Vision International
  
  Global Vision International is a private volunteer travel organisation that places groups and individuals on volunteer projects around the world....
  
• Polar exploration
  Polar exploration
  
  Polar exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic and Antarctic regions of the Earth. It is also denotes the historical period during which mankind most intensely explored the regions north of the Arctic Circle and south of the Antarctic Circle....
  
• Space exploration
  Space exploration
  
  Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. Physical exploration of space is conducted both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft....
  
• Urban exploration
  Urban exploration
  
  Urban exploration is the examination of the normally unseen or off-limits parts of urban areas or industrial facilities. Urban exploration is also commonly referred to as infiltration, although some people consider infiltration to be more closely associated with the exploration of active or inhabited sites....
  
• Mineral exploration
  Mineral exploration
  
  Mineral exploration is the process undertaken by companies, partnerships or corporations in the endeavour of finding ore to mining. Mineral exploration is a much more intensive, organised and professional form of mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is...
  
• Explorer (newspaper)

External links

• - A Blog about Science, History, and Exploration
• - Public outreach site for explorations sponsored by the Office of Ocean Exploration.
• - A rich collection of images, video, audio and .
• - NGS article of 1924, biography, etc.
• - National Geographic Explorers